Mouthpiece for tobacco pipes



May 1, 1934- A. w. REKENTHALER MOUTHPIECE FOR TOBACCO PIPES Filed May 25, 1932 941 5 Gum/M 3 Patented May 1, 1934 TE STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in smoking apparatus and particularly to mouthpieces or stems used for cigarette and cigar holders and on smoln'ng pipes.

Individuals who smoke pipes, and those who use holders or mouthpieces when smoking cigars and cigarettes, have considerable difiiculty if their teeth, and especially their front teeth, are not in normal condition. That is, if front teeth are imperfect, loose or missing, the stem of a holder or pipe cannot be held firmly and easily in the smokers mouth. To overcome these difiiculties, the present invention seeks to provide a stem or mouthpiece for smoking apparatus by which the apparatus, whether it be a cigar or cigarette holder, or pipe, can be easily and firmly held in the smokers mouth, regardless of the condition of the front teeth.

More specifically, the invention contemplates a mouthpiece or stem provided with an elongated biting section at its inner or mouth end, that can be gripped between the jaw teeth. The biting section is offset laterally with respect to the smoke orifice, so as not to cause the inner end of the orifice to terminate in the space between the teeth and jaw of the user. The biting section is also of arcuate formation and somewhat elongated whereby it will conform to the curvature of the normal line of jaw teeth and will span any spaces formed by missing jaw teeth. The biting section may also be formed with a longitudinally extending rib which will tend to prevent it slipping from between the users teeth.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and the novel features thereof particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a mouthpiece stem embodying the present improvements;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the month end of the stem; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a cigarette holder containing the present invention.

As is customary, the stem proper, indicated at 10 is formed with a smoke orifice 11, extending axially thereof and at its outer end, said stem is of reduced cross-section, as shown at 12, for attachment to the pipe bowl (not shown).

I-Ieretofore, the inner or mouth end of the stem has usually been formed with a lip, but in the present instance, said lip is replaced by an elongated biting section 13 offset laterally from the stem and projecting far enough beyond the stem to be gripped between the jaw teeth at one side of the mouth of the user. In other words,

the inner end of the smoke orifice 11 terminates short of the inner end of biting section 13 and is located centrally, or axially, of the stem, so that said orifice will be located substantially centrally of the smokers mouth, even though the biting section is placed between upper and lower jaw teeth at one side of the mouth.

To facilitate holding the stem in ones mouth by gripping it between jaw teeth, even though one or two of those teeth are missing, the biting section 13 is of arcuate formation and somewhat elongated so as to coincide with the curvature of several normal teeth. In this way, one or two teeth may be missing, but due to the curvature and length of the biting section, the space formed by the missing teeth will be spanned by the biting section.

Furthermore, that edge of section 13 which would normally coincide with the inner sides of the jaw teeth is formed with a rib or raised portion 14. This aids in preventing said section slipping sidewise outwardly from between the teeth. Slipping of said section sidewise inwardly from between the teeth can, of course, be easily prevented by holding ones tongue against said extension.

Fig. 4 illustrates a cigarette holder embodying the present invention. The holder proper, having the socket therein for the cigarette, is indicated at 10a; the smoke orifice at lie; the biting section at 13c; and the rib on said section at 14c.

It will be apparent that an individual whose front teeth are deformed, or missing, or whose front teeth are loose, whether they be natural or false teeth, will have no difliculty in easily and firmly retaining in their mouth a pipe or a cigar or cigarette holder made in accordance with the present invention. Neither is the size of the stem or holder increased so as to materially interfere with carrying it in a suitable case, of ones pocket.

What I claim is:

1. A stem for smoking apparatus having a smoke orifice extending through a portion of its length only, and an elongated arcuate biting section extending beyond the mouth end of the smoke orifice, said biting section being offset laterally from said orifice and adapted to be gripped between the jaw teeth at one side only of the users mouth.

2. A stem for smoking apparatus having a smoke orifice extending through a portion of its length only, an elongated biting section extending beyond the mouth of the smoke orifice, said biting section being offset laterally from said orifice and a rib extending along said biting section.

ANTHONY W. REKENTHALER. 

